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A-Grade Investments (now Sound Ventures)

agradeinvestments.com · Los Angeles, California, United States · founded 2010; 16 years ago · team 2 managing partners (Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary); merged from A-Grade into Sound Ventures in 2015 when Ron Burkle exited · Seed to Series A; investment range $100K-$10M, sweet spot around $1M · trust 0/4

Seed and Series A investments in tech and media companies; $100K-$10M range with ~$1M sweet spot

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Firm Name	Sound Ventures (formerly A-Grade Investments) source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Grade_Investments
Investment Focus	Seed and Series A investments in tech and media companies; $100K-$10M range with ~$1M sweet spot source: https://www.hustlefund.com/ashton-kutcher-investments-from-hollywood-to-tech/
Headquarters Location	Los Angeles, California, United States source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Grade_Investments
Founded	2010; 16 years ago source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Grade_Investments
Founders	Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, Ron Burkle source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Grade_Investments
Investment Stage & Check Size	Seed to Series A; investment range $100K-$10M, sweet spot around $1M source: https://www.hustlefund.com/ashton-kutcher-investments-from-hollywood-to-tech/
Managing Partners Count	2 managing partners (Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary); merged from A-Grade into Sound Ventures in 2015 when Ron Burkle exited source: https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/04/ashton-kutcher-and-guy-oseary-launch-sound-ventures/
Entity Type	Private venture capital firm source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Grade_Investments
Public Email Address	No public email found on firm's website (https://agradeinvestments.com) source: https://agradeinvestments.com
Assets Under Management	Over $1 billion (as of 2022), previously $145M (A-Grade Investments 2013), $250M (2016) source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Grade_Investments
Notable Investments	Spotify, Uber, Airbnb, Robinhood, Airtable, SoundCloud, The New York Times, Shazam source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Grade_Investments
Notable Exits	Nest, SmartThings, Socialcam, GroupMe, Summly, Gyft source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-Grade_Investments

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